IV

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a cold spring morningー

the crows

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III

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a spring day we had hoped forー

ricefields & mountains

mountains & ricefields

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II

The caterpillar -
Such a courageous venture
To cross the pavement.

(Kamome)

I

red or yellow arguing over the first tulip

Face

just one face
in the spring sunshine …
my love for you

Gabi from Okayama

Monkeys

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……Monkeys on a rock

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…………By the swirling river -

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………………Screams from the boat.

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Can you imagine the scene described in my recent haiku, composed at Ochiai by the Hozu Gorge? 保津峡の落合で最近に詠んだ句のイメージを想像できますか。There are several ways the poem could be interpreted. いくつかのとらえ方があると思う。Leave your interpretation as a comment, please. コメントとしてご自分の解釈を残してください（contributorではなくても出来ます）。Let’s see how many we get …　どのぐらいの解釈が可能のでしょうか。

Diary: Dec, 07 - Mar, 08

Dec, 07: Pokhara, Nepal.

under the shade of pipal

the ballad, “Lakshimi phiri-ri…” –

the long stone-step path to the Himalayas

Jan, 08: Takatsuki, Osaka.

crows’ cries in the dusk cedar clump  a snowdrift below

Feb, 08: Okuma, Okinawa.

beach umbrella folded up under sunshine – north wind

Mar, 08: Shisendo Temple, Kyoto.

36 ancient Chinese poets

look down suspiciously on  poets

sketching the garden

Ox walk

Hi,

‘ox walk’ is a literal translation of the Japanese ‘gyuho 牛歩’, which means ‘at a snail’s pace’. I seem to have taken quite a long time to get used to posting here! Instead of cowpats (see Tito’s posting ‘What’s a cirku?’ below) I offer you:

my footsteps

at an ‘ox walk’ pace …

the steps of spring

Continuing with Shiki

筆に声あり霰の竹を打つ如し 　(正岡子規)

In the pen, there is a voice:

It sounds like hailstones

Striking the bamboos.

(Masaoka Shiki)

Beginning with Basho

 

石山の石にたばしる霰哉　　芭蕉

 

Scattering

Across the rocks of Rock Mountain …

Hailstones

(Matsuo Basho)